ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
Alhaqqatu
The Inevitable Reality
مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
Ma alhaqqatu
What is the Inevitable Reality
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ
Wama adraka ma alhaqqatu
And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality
كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ
Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bialqariAAati
Thamud and 'Aad denied the Striking Calamity
فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ
Faamma thamoodu faohlikoo bialttaghiyati
So as for Thamud, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast]
وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ
Waamma AAadun faohlikoo bireehin sarsarin AAatiyatin
And as for 'Aad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind
سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلٍ خَاوِيَةٖ
Sakhkharaha AAalayhim sabAAa layalin wathamaniyata ayyamin husooman fatara alqawma feeha sarAAa kaannahum aAAjazu nakhlin khawiyatun
Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees
فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ
Fahal tara lahum min baqiyatin
Then do you see of them any remains
وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ
Wajaa firAAawnu waman qablahu waalmutafikatu bialkhatiati
And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin
فَعَصَوۡاْ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ أَخۡذَةٗ رَّابِيَةً
FaAAasaw rasoola rabbihim faakhathahum akhthatan rabiyatan
And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity]
إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلۡمَآءُ حَمَلۡنَٰكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡجَارِيَةِ
Inna lamma tagha almao hamalnakum fee aljariyati
Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship
لِنَجۡعَلَهَا لَكُمۡ تَذۡكِرَةٗ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٞ وَٰعِيَةٞ
LinajAAalaha lakum tathkiratan wataAAiyaha othunun waAAiyatun
That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear would be conscious of it
فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ نَفۡخَةٞ وَٰحِدَةٞ
Faitha nufikha fee alssoori nafkhatun wahidatun
Then when the Horn is blown with one blast
وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَٱلۡجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ
Wahumilati alardu waaljibalu fadukkata dakkatan wahidatan
And the earth and the mountains are lifted and leveled with one blow
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ وَقَعَتِ ٱلۡوَاقِعَةُ
Fayawmaithin waqaAAati alwaqiAAatu
Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur
وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِيَ يَوۡمَئِذٖ وَاهِيَةٞ
Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawmaithin wahiyatun
And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرۡجَآئِهَاۚ وَيَحۡمِلُ عَرۡشَ رَبِّكَ فَوۡقَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذٖ ثَمَٰنِيَةٞ
Waalmalaku AAala arjaiha wayahmilu AAarsha rabbika fawqahum yawmaithin thamaniyatun
And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them]
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُعۡرَضُونَ لَا تَخۡفَىٰ مِنكُمۡ خَافِيَةٞ
Yawmaithin tuAAradoona la takhfa minkum khafiyatun
That Day, you will be exhibited [for judgement]; not hidden among you is anything concealed
فَأَمَّا مَنۡ أُوتِيَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقۡرَءُواْ كِتَٰبِيَهۡ
Faamma man ootiya kitabahu biyameenihi fayaqoolu haomu iqraoo kitabiyah
So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will say, "Here, read my record
إِنِّي ظَنَنتُ أَنِّي مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهۡ
Innee thanantu annee mulaqin hisabiyah
Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account